A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 1236 The Crown Prince Enters the Palace and Shocks the Emperor

Li Shimin was sleeping soundly when he suddenly heard a noise outside.

Such a big thing happened yesterday, he almost didn't sleep all night, and the symptoms of the wind and headache tortured him for a long time. He fell asleep at dawn.

"Who is making noise outside the palace?"

Li Shimin sat up from the imperial couch with red eyes and shouted angrily.

"Please move aside. I want to see the saint."

outside,

The prince broke into the palace.

Even the eunuchs couldn't stop him.

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is outside seeking to see you, and we cannot stop him." A eunuch knelt at the palace gate and said in fear, trembling.

Li Shimin felt dizzy and rubbed his temples with his hands. It took him a while to feel better.

"Let the prince come in."

The emperor looked at the palace servants kneeling in the corner and angrily shouted, "Are they all clay figurines or puppets? Hurry up and change my clothes!"

The emperor hasn't changed his clothes yet.

Crown Prince Cheng Qian had already entered the palace in anger.
"Father, our teacher was assassinated in Luoyang and his life or death is unknown. Is this true?"

Li Shimin stood there with an unpleasant look on his face.

A maid brought a crown to the emperor, but she was so startled by the atmosphere that she lost her balance and dropped the crown on the ground. Li Shimin was furious and kicked the maid over.

"Get out of here, everyone."

The palace servants were frightened and retreated quickly.

In the palace,

Only the emperor and the prince were left.

"Prince, are you questioning me?"

"Father, why?"

Li Shimin's face turned pale, and he kicked the crown far away from the ground, "Call me Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, why?" Cheng Qian stood three steps away and looked directly at the emperor.

"I have sent Xu Luoren and Zhang Ananda to Luoyang to investigate immediately. I have also asked Liu Dewei, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Punishment, and the Imperial Censor to arrange for the three judicial departments to jointly investigate the case. The court will soon find out the truth."

"Teacher worked diligently for the Tang Dynasty and was loyal to His Majesty. Even though he had made great contributions, he was demoted and demoted as soon as he returned to the court. Teacher had no complaints, but why couldn't His Majesty tolerate Teacher?

Your Majesty, if you do this, won't it make the people of the world feel disappointed? Who will be willing to serve the Great Tang and the Saint with all their strength in the future?"

Li Shimin slammed his palm heavily on the imperial desk.
"Asshole, you broke into the palace early in the morning just to say these treasonous words to me?"

"I was also shocked when I learned about this yesterday. I am also investigating who assassinated Huaiyu, and I am concerned about his safety!"

Cheng Qian still looked directly into his father's eyes.
"Your Majesty, do you think anyone can believe these words?
The teacher was demoted to Yingzhou and rushed to take up his post. He was not supposed to enter Luoyang City. It was the sage who specially issued an imperial decree of 500 miles to allow the teacher to rest in Luoyang for three days.
How could it be such a coincidence that the teacher was assassinated just after entering Luoyang City?

At the time of the incident, the teacher was accompanied by a team of 100 imperial guards, all of whom were elite soldiers personally selected and trained by the saint. They were protecting the teacher, but how could the teacher be assassinated by four women? "

"If the Saint had not asked the teacher to leave the capital immediately and not allowed the teacher to take his followers with him, then even if the imperial guards could not protect him, the teacher's followers would be able to protect him well."

"Shut up!"

Li Shimin was furious.
He had expected yesterday that this shit would be blamed on him, but even the crown prince came to question and accuse him of murdering Wu Huaiyu. Li Shimin was very sad.

The son cares so much about his teacher and is very affectionate, but why does he have so little trust in his own father?
Even if we take a step back,
It was really Li Shimin who wanted to get rid of Wu Huaiyu, but he had told the prince so many times before, and the prince should understand him. This was to eliminate hidden dangers for his future. Even if he was dissatisfied, he could not come and accuse him in person like this.

"This matter has nothing to do with me!"

But Cheng Qian was so angry that he didn't believe it at all.

Li Shimin felt dizzy again, his vision went dark and stars appeared in front of his eyes. He gritted his teeth and stood there.

"Don't you believe your father?"

Cheng Qian was silent.

Li Shimin was also silent.

After a long while, Li Shimin sat down somewhat dejectedly, panting heavily, "I have never done it."

"I will definitely investigate this matter and give you an explanation, and also give an explanation to the people of the world."

Cheng Qian stood there, "What's the point of explaining if the person is dead?"

"Don't worry, although Huaiyu was hit by two arrows, one in the thigh and one in the waist. She was just unconscious at the time. It should be fine. She will be fine." Li Shimin survived the battlefield. He even had six mounts, which died on the battlefield.

According to his judgment, Wu Huaiyu was shot in the waist and abdomen and fell into a coma. His injury should be quite serious, but he would not die. If he really died, he might have died in the urgent letter sent from Luoyang 800 miles away.

Since he didn't die at that time, the possibility of survival is greater. After all, the medical conditions in Luoyang are very good in all aspects, and it is not on a battlefield with extremely poor conditions.

"Teacher has never let down Your Majesty or the country. I hope Your Majesty will not let you down." Cheng Qian knelt down and kowtowed to Li Shimin, then turned and left.

Watching Cheng Qian leaving,
Li Shimin was lost in thought, and suddenly he had a severe headache and his vision went dark.
bang,
He fell off the couch to the ground.

The sound startled the eunuchs guarding the door, who rushed into the hall and found the emperor lying on the ground.

exclaimed, "Your Majesty,"

"Quickly call the imperial physician."

Cheng Qian, who had just walked out, heard the exclamation from the hall and turned around and ran back.

Cheng Qian ran into the hall, took his father from the eunuch, held him in his arms, and carried him to the couch.

The emperor opened his eyes.

Looking at the prince who was so close, he said with great effort, "Da Lang, Aye has nothing to do with this matter."

"Your Majesty, please don't say anything yet. I have already gone to summon Feng Yu."

"Call me Aye." Li Shimin said.

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Although the emperor issued a news blockade order, as Chu Suiliang said, this kind of news cannot be blocked.

Although the palace has issued a gag order,
However, many powerful families also had their own information channels in Luoyang. The assassination of Wu Huaiyu could not be concealed in Luoyang at all. After each family learned the news, they all reported it to Chang'an as soon as possible.

The government rushed the news to Chang'an over 800 miles in one day and one night.

The news from other places will arrive a little later, but will still be delivered within two or three days.

Chang Sun Wuji learned the news last night.
He served as the governor of Luoyang for five years, and the Changsun family had lived in Luoyang before.

With such a big event happening, the Changsun family in Luoyang also sent people to inform the head of the family in Changan as soon as possible. They not only sent light cavalry to report to Changan,

Carrier pigeons were also used.

Many top dignitaries have their own communication channels, and there are even carrier pigeons between the two capitals.

These carrier pigeons were faster than the 800-li express horses, but they were also more expensive to train and keep, and they had to be taken from the pigeon nests to another city regularly.

The pigeons from the pigeon nests in Chang'an were transported to Luoyang, and the pigeons from the pigeon nests in Luoyang were transported to Chang'an.
Taking advantage of the pigeons' ability to return to their nests, when urgent letters needed to be delivered between the two capitals, the pigeons could be sent back to their nests carrying the letters.

A carrier pigeon can fly nearly 200 miles in an hour, and can fly three or four hours a day. If the distance is within a thousand miles, the carrier pigeon is still relatively fast.
If the message is thousands of miles away, the postmen can continuously transmit the message by constantly changing horses and people, which will be faster and more accurate, while the carrier pigeons may be attacked and intercepted by birds of prey.

Changsun Wuji's family built pigeon nests in the two capitals and trained a group of carrier pigeons. They regularly transported and exchanged the pigeons on both sides, so that information could be transmitted between the two capitals in just one day.

study.

Changsun Wuji sat alone at the desk. After reading the secret letter in his hand, he lit it in the brazier and burned it. He then poured in a cup of water and stirred the ashes into mud.

Finish processing the letter.
Changsun Wuji sat on the couch in silence for a long time, his face looking serious, even a little uneasy.

The letter was secretly delivered to him by Chu Suiliang.

He revealed a very bad news to him. Wu Huaiyu was assassinated in Luoyang. The emperor was extremely angry. Now the emperor suspected that Zhangsun Wuji was behind this case.

Because an important person involved in the assassination case is Yang Guangwu, the chief secretary of the Luozhou Military Governor's Office. Although he is from the Hongnong Yang family, he is an old subordinate of Zhangsun Wuji, and he was promoted from a seventh-rank county magistrate to a fifth-rank chief secretary in just five years.

and,

One of Yang Guangwu's daughters also married Changsun Wuji's second son, Changsun Huan, the Duke of Shangdang, as a concubine.

The relationship between the two can be said to be extremely close.

Now that Yang Guangwu is highly suspected in the assassination case, Changsun Wuji is naturally implicated.

to be frank,
When Changsun Wuji received the letter from Luoyang yesterday, he was also very shocked. The information he received was even more detailed than the express message from 800 miles away that the emperor received.

He immediately suspected that the emperor wanted to get rid of Wu Huaiyu.
The power is high.

But now Chu Suiliang's secret letter made him confused.

If it wasn't the emperor who did it, then who was it?
He knew very well that he did not attack Wu Huaiyu, and neither could Yang Guangwu. According to the news he received, Yang Guangwu was stabbed several times and almost dead, which was more serious than Wu Huaiyu's injury.

Moreover, he knew Yang Guangwu very well. Although he was from a famous family, he was just a scholar with some abilities, but they were not outstanding, and he did not have any big ambitions. It was impossible for him to dare to do such a thing.

Judging from the current clues, the emperor is the most suspicious. He has the motive and the ability, but the emperor's reaction makes Changsun Wuji confused.

Was the emperor's reaction well disguised, or did he really not do anything?
But now something was happening that made him very anxious.
That is, if the emperor did not do it, then the emperor now suspects that he did it, and he is in danger.

And if it was the emperor who did it, then the emperor's attitude would obviously be to shift the blame elsewhere, and he would be in even greater danger.

Changsun Wuji stood up and paced around the study. He had been idle for these years and had become fatter and fatter. He rubbed his big belly, feeling anxious and restless.

I thought the emperor summoned him back to Luoyang because he wanted to use him, or even replace Wu Huaiyu with Li Ji.
But now it seems that you deliberately arranged for him to take the blame.
Could it be that the emperor wanted to kill two birds with one stone, first get rid of Wu Huaiyu, then frame him, and then deal with him.

for a long time,

Changsun Wuji stopped pacing and called his trusted subordinates.

"Immediately send someone to secretly investigate the assassination of Wu, and use all your connections and means to find out the truth."

The king's uncle can only actively save himself now. If he doesn't want to be blamed, he has to find out the real culprit.

But if it was really the emperor who planned the assassination of Wu behind the scenes, could he find it out? If he did find out, could he clear himself?
At this moment, Changsun Wuji began to feel like giving up.

After thinking for a long time,
Changsun Wuji sat back down at his desk, ground some ink, picked up his writing brush, and began to write a memorial.

He resigned from the positions of Prince Grand Tutor and Grand Commandant to the Emperor, saying that his family-inherited qi disease had flared up and his diabetes had worsened. He hoped to return to Luoyang to treat his illness and recuperate.

The resignation letter was delivered to the palace on the same day.

In the Purple Palace, Li Shimin looked at the letter of resignation sent by Zhangsun Wuji at this time, and could not help but increase his suspicion of his brother-in-law. Was he guilty?

(End of this chapter)